Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was founded on 17 October 1984. It is an ISO9001:2015 certified institution.[2] It is sponsored by the Mepco Schlenk Charities, a social welfare organization of the Metal Powder Company Limited,[3] Thirumangalam and its German collaborator, Schlenk. The college was affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai until 2002 and later with Anna University, Chennai, but since 2012 it has been affiliated with Anna University of Technology, Chennai.[4][5]

Mepco Schlenk Engineering College
MottoWork is Worship
TypePrivate
Established1984
AffiliationAutonomous (Anna University)
PrincipalS. Arivazhagan
Students3591
Undergraduates3398
Location, ,
India
Campus195 acres (0.79 km2)
Websitehttp://www.mepcoeng.ac.in/
Main Block, Mepco Schlenk Engineering College

The medium of instruction is English for all courses, examinations, seminar presentations and project reports.

Departments

  • Biotechnology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Computer Science Engineering
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Information Technology.

Infrastructure

A mineral water plant located within the campus has a capacity of 10,000 litres per day. Also on the campus are located the Tamil Nadu Mercantile Bank (TMB) with ATM facility, photo copying centre, canteen, parking lot, stand-by power generators, a separate telephone exchange, television facilities in the hostel, water treatment plant, and students' amenities. The campus has Wi-Fi connectivity. Mobile phones are not allowed in this college.

Most of the student population stays on campus in hostels. The single gender hostels, five for men and five for women, are named after important rivers in India:

Boys' hostels

  • Godavari
  • Kaveri
  • Krishna
  • Narmadha
  • Brahmaputra

Girls' hostels

  • Ganga
  • Yamuna
  • Sindhu
  • Mahanadhi
  • tamirabarani

Clubs and associations

Clubs and professional organisations at Mepco serve as an important nodal point in students' lives. Students perform managerial, organisational and participatory roles in these groups.

Rankings

University and college rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[6]101

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked it 101 among engineering colleges in 2020.[6]

References

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